TAXING RELIGION

The White House has decided to sideline a proposed fee on Christmas trees, after the fee was ridiculed by critics as a tax on Christmas.

Though the tax is not a tax, but a self-imposed fee to further promote their industry, the idea of taxing religion is tempting; after all, religion owns more property than any other single entity – and, religion pays no tax. If religion pays no tax why should we?

Religion (Christmas trees are the furthest reaches of religion into commerce) has always taken a free pass, not paying property or Social Security taxes; religion owns some of the most impressive property in the world and pays no taxes and makes little use of their property.

There is a large segment of America who believe war and religion takes precedent over the 300 million residence of this country; the institution has become more important than the people they serve – the slave has become the master. It is time to tax Christmas.

In the ancient languages derived from the Patriarch Avraham 4000 years ago, Arabic, Hebrew and Sanskrit, there is no word for religion; in ancient Egypt, magic and religion were considered the same thing. Better to give charity with a warm hand than tax with a cold hand.